An unusual central nervous system involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: Combination of pachymeningitis and cerebral vasculitis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1349-1353

  Kurne, Asli ^a   Karabudak, Rana ^a   Karadag, Ömer ^a   Yalcin Cakmakli, Gül ^a   Karli Oguz, Kader ^a   Yavuz, Kivilcim ^a   Calgüneri, Meral ^a   Topcuoglu, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiography; Biopsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pachymeningitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Steroid; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXCARBAZEPINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; LEPTOMENINX; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PACHYMENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SWELLING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 69049109897     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0810-6     Document Type: Article

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